Former Chief of Army Staff General Mirza Aslam Baig (Retd) has said that the lawyers must have their political agenda to ensure success of their struggle for independent judiciary.
Addressing the lawyers of the Lahore District Bar Association (LDBA) here Thursday at Aiwan-e-Adal, he said that the lawyers need to convey their message to the elected assemblies as it is need of the hour.
He observed that the lawyers' struggle was facing hardships and it also entered a crucial phase as what he said conspiracies were being hatched against their struggle. He said that the lawyers should have the support of political parties to counter the conspiracies adding that for this purpose all democratic forces including PML-N ,PPPP, APDM and others must unite to save the present coalition government.
Baig said that he was shocked that Aitzaz Ahsan withdrew his candidature for contesting the polls because according to his perception lawyers need such a person who could raise their voice in the parliament. He appreciated the public, media and political parties for joining the lawyers' movement and termed it the blessings of the Almighty Allah.
He urged all the democratic forces to support the ruling parties to save the democratic system from external conspiracies." All political parties must honour the public mandate of February 18 and try to save the coalition government because if it failed then there would be a lot of problems including chaos and uncertainty ", he concluded.